10 Documentaries that Will Make You Rethink Everything You Know About Animals

We can’t create change for animals in a vacuum — we need to educate ourselves, raise awareness in others, and embrace the small steps people take in learning more about different issues. For many, the seeds of change are first planted by a great documentary that informs and compels them to act. We’ve compiled this list of documentaries to give you an array of different animal-related topics to choose from, or you can watch them all! These films will give you a new perspective on different animals, and we believe all of them are compelling in their own way. If you find one particularly moving, consider hosting a screening party in your home, or at a local community space. This is a great way to introduce people to a new topic in a non-threatening environment. 1. The gist: Director Bobby J. How it makes you think: You’ll hear directly from the mouths of the dog-fighters themselves, which is something not many other documentaries offer. Availability: Watch the full documentary on YouTube.

Convention de Bonn 1979 (CMS)Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 1979 (CMS) - WDC has been working through the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) for many years and is a Partner organisation to the Convention. Entered into force on 1 November 1983 the Convention is the sole international treaty that seeks to specifically address the conservation needs of migratory animals. The Earth’s natural resources are currently being consumed by people at rates and in ways that place unsustainable pressure on many of the world’s ecosystems and species. This unsustainable pressure comes in the form of various threats such as manmade climate change, the spread of diseases around the planet as a result of international trade and travel, the destruction of natural habitats and urban development, light pollution, noise pollution, pesticide use and the trade in wildlife.

3 Astronauts Who Had Spiritual Experiences ‘Up There’Several astronauts who have seen Earth from space have had profoundly awakening spiritual experiences. Here’s three of them. Seeing earth from space will cause you to lose your shit. In Plato’s Phaedo, Socrates said that if you could see the Earth from space, you would recognize “that is the real heaven and the real light and the real earth.”